"idiot-friendly" is generally "user-proof"

On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 1:45 PM, Devon McCormick <[email protected]> wrote:
> Is "user-friendly" what we used to call "idiot-proof"?
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> On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 11:21 AM, Joey K Tuttle <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> I agree on that. The term "user friendly" is much abused and misused. An
>> extra click (or 2 or ...), and extra seconds of response time can be fatal
>> flaws.
>>
>> - joey    iPa...
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>> On May 7, 2011, at 2:06 AM, Dejun Guo <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> > With cloud computing (TM hype) more popular, we have to think about
>> > programming efficiency both in size and speed, because it's paid by IO
>> and
>> > time.
>> >
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